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Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (Results and Learning)

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Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist Job Description

Background

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

The 2030 Agenda for SDGs and the pledge to leave no one behind reflect the interconnectedness of health and sustainable development, including widening economic and social inequalities, the climate crisis, rapid urbanization, the continuing burden of HIV and other infectious diseases (e.g., malaria, tuberculosis), the growing burden of non-communicable diseases and the emergence of health threats.

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The scope and scale of delivering health and well-being for all demands innovative partnerships and financing. As affirmed in the Political Declaration of the 2019 High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and others are critical partners for delivering on the health-related goals of the 2030 Agenda. 

UNDP’s partnership with the Global Fund, in line with UNDP’s HIV, Health and Development Strategy 2022-2025: Connecting the Dots, makes a vital contribution to UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the SDGs and the pledge to leave no one behind. 

Based on demand from Country Offices, and building on the relationships, expertise, systems, partnerships, including across the UN family, and comparative advantage established through the Global Fund partnership, the Global Fund Partnership/Health Systems Team (GFP-HST) is providing support to Country Offices through three overarching modalities: 1) the Global Fund portfolio, 2) health system strengthening  and 3) other health implementation support beyond the Global Fund, including Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), UNITAID and Smart Facilities. 

The GFP-HST provides its support through a country team approach to strengthen and integrate the different functional capacities (e.g.,finance, monitoring and evaluation, procurement and supply management, programme, Sub-recipient management), leveraging technical and policy support from the HIV, Health and Development (HHD) Group and other UNDP units. The GFPHST has a Senior Management Group for the coordination and management of the portfolio, and the portfolio is reviewed annually by the OPG. 

Objective of the Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist assignment

Under the overall supervision of Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (Team Leader), the Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (Results and Learning) plays a key role in the provision of technical support to Country Offices, national entities and Global Fund Partnership Team and the Health Team more broadly, with a range of responsibilities related to data management, results analysis and reporting, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) advisory support. 

The Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist (Results and Learning) will strengthen the Global Fund Partnership Team’s analytical functions, promote the learning agenda and provide M&E support to the UNDP Country Offices implementing Global Fund’s grants. The role will promote a collaborative, client-oriented approach consistent with UNDP rules, policies, procedures, contributing to the country team approach and support to the integration of capacity building activities.

Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist Duties and Responsibilities

Results reporting and portfolio wide analysis (35%)

• Consolidate programmatic results across UNDP’s Global Fund portfolio based on the PU/DR reports submitted by Programme Management Units and LFA-verified results.  
• Conduct review of data quality and support Country Offices in identifying and implementing measures for data quality improvements. 
• Undertake analysis of performance in different programmatic areas and prepare strategic information dashboards.
• Support the GF-HIST Programme Specialists and Country Offices in identifying and catalysing corrective actions. 
• Contribute to building tools for longitudinal analysis of programmatic data on a subset of indicators reported by the Global Fund Principal Recipients.     

Country M&E Support (30%)

• Advise Country Offices in the development and revision of grant Performance Frameworks that are appropriate to the country’s epidemiological context and are in alignment with National Strategic Plans. 
• Support Country Offices to develop site monitoring plans (including protocols for data verification and validation) for HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and health systems strengthening grants in line with Global Fund rules, policies and procedures and provide guidance on implementation and monitoring. 
• Support Country Offices in the preparation and quality assurance of the M&E sections of the Progress Updates/ Disbursement Requests (PUDR) reports to be submitted to the Global Fund.
• Support Country Offices to address audit findings in monitoring and evaluation and support the implementation of the management actions. 

Information management and Promoting learning (35%)

• Lead implementation of information management activities at the GFP-HST M&E team and coordinate with other GFP-HST teams in this regard. 
• Contribute to organizing Knowledge Exchanges for Country Office staff through identifying pertinent topics, preparing material and identifying technical experts. 
• Promote use of data and analytics by Country Offices and the GF/HIST for effective planning, allocation and utilization of resources.
• Support strengthening M&E capacities of the Country Office staff, through preparation and delivery of M&E training sessions, one-to-one feedback and coaching sessions. 
• Document lessons learned on specific programmatic topics. 
• Other tasks, as required. 

Institutional Arrangement

The M&E Specialist (Results and Learning)  will report to the M&E Specialist (Team Leader).

Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist Competencies

Core Competencies

• Achieve Results:  LEVEL 3: Set and align challenging, achievable objectives for multiple projects, have lasting impact 
• Think Innovatively:  LEVEL 3: Proactively mitigate potential risks, develop new ideas to solve complex problems 
• Learn Continuously:  LEVEL 3: Create and act on opportunities to expand horizons, diversify experiences
• Adapt with Agility:  LEVEL 3: Proactively initiate and champion change, manage multiple competing demands 
• Act with Determination:  LEVEL 3: Think beyond immediate task/barriers and take action to achieve greater results
• Engage and Partner:  LEVEL 3: Political savvy, navigate complex landscape, champion inter-agency collaboration
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion:  LEVEL 3: Appreciate benefits of diverse workforce and champion inclusivity

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

• Business Direction and Strategy – Negotiation and Influence
  • Ability to reach an understanding, persuade others, resolve points of difference, gain advantage in the outcome of dialogue, negotiate mutually acceptable solutions through compromise and create ‘win-win’ situations. 
• Business Direction and Strategy – System Thinking 
  • Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system
• Business Development – Knowledge Facilitation
  • Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally
• Business Management – Risk Management
  • Ability to identify and organize action around mitigating and proactively managing risks. 
• Business Management – Results-based management 
  • Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus on improved performance and demonstrable results
• Partnership Management – Relationship management
  • Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding
• Agenda 2030: People – Health 
  • Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) 

Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist Required skills and competencies 

• Experience of undertaking trend analysis of performance results and providing strategic advice to inform programmatic improvements in health programmes.  
• Work experience of one or more of the following diseases (HIV, TB and malaria).  

Desired additional skills and competencies

• Experience with statistical software (spss, stata or R) and data visualization tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau) is highly desirable.
• Knowledge and experience of Global Fund monitoring and evaluation policies and processes is an asset.
• Experience in building M&E capacity of national stakeholders in health and development programmes is an asset.
• Experience with the Global Fund’s Data Quality Review methodology and tools is an asset.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Monitoring & Evaluation or related field OR
• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Monitoring & Evaluation or related field with 2 additional years of experience 

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience with a Master’s degree and 7 years’ experience with a Bachelor’s degree of analysing data and reporting progress of public health programmes, and/or developing and advising on monitoring and evaluation frameworks and systems. 

Language:

• Fluency in English both written and oral.
• Working knowledge of French or Spanish is an asset. 

Travel:

The PSA Holder may be expected to undertake some duty travel associated with performing the functions.

The following documents shall be required from the applicants:

• Personal CV or P11, indicating all past positions held and their main underlying functions, their durations (month/year), the qualifications, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate, and at least three (3) the most recent professional references of previous supervisors. References may also include peer
• A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page) indicating why the candidate considers him-/herself to be suitable for the position
• Managers may ask (ad hoc) for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the relevance of their experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns or other materials.

Annexes to the TOR

• Links to any relevant (non-confidential) materials that may help candidates gain a better understanding of the office/unit/project context
• Organigram of the office/unit/project indicating the position of the function .

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